("( ) Every police officer serving at present shall within three months of the coming into force of this Act, make a declaration in the form prescribed in subsection (1) above before a Justice of the Peace.")

("( ) Nothing in this section affects any other power which the Chief Constable has to enter into arrangements concerning the discharge of functions of his which are not prescribed under subsection (1).")

Page 27, line 3, at end insert ("and their need for it is in the course of their employment")

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Page 27, line 10, at end insert--

("( ) No information regarding an officer's notifiable membership under this section shall be disclosed by the Chief Constable under subsection (7) unless there is an issue of bias in favour of another police officer or a member of the public.")

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Page 27, line 15, leave out from ("that") to end of line 16 and insert ("--

(a) before the disclosure was made, he obtained the information otherwise than in his capacity as a person to whom the subsection applies; and

(b) that he did not use knowledge of the information, obtained in his capacity as a person to whom that subsection applies, to facilitate obtaining the information otherwise than in his capacity as a person to whom that subsection applies.")

BY THE LORD FALCONER OF THOROTON

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Page 27, line 16, at end insert--

("( ) But subsection (10) does not provide a defence if it is shown that the person concerned used his position as a person to whom subsection (7) applies in order to obtain the information.")

Page 28, line 8, leave out ("understood the code as currently in force") and insert ("have undertaken to be guided by the code currently in force in the exercise of their general duty under section 32")

BY THE LORD FALCONER OF THOROTON

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Page 28, line 11, at end insert--

("( ) In order to enable it to carry out its function under section 3(3)(d)(iv), the Board shall keep under review the steps taken by the Chief Constable under subsection (8).")

Page 43, line 2, leave out ("office as Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland") and insert ("the office of Ombudsman")

BY THE LORD GLENTORAN
THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY
THE BARONESS SECCOMBE

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Page 46, line 27, leave out ("after the date of his appointment")

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Page 46, line 33, at end insert--

("(f) the political party of which he is a member is linked to an organisation that has failed to satisfy any of the four factors set out in section 3(9)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998;

(g) any organisation to which he, or the political party of which he is a member is linked, has failed to begin the decommissioning of arms and explosives in a manner verified by the Commission referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997")

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Page 46, line 49, at end insert--

("(d) he has at any time been convicted of a scheduled offence under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 or Part VII of the Terrorism Act 2000;

(e) he has at any time been convicted in Northern Ireland or elsewhere of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not);

(f) the political party of which he is a member is linked to any organisation which has failed to begin the decommissioning of arms and explosives in a manner verified by the Commission referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997;

(g) he is not committed to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means; or

(h) the political party of which he is a member is linked to an organisation that has failed to satisfy any of the four factors set out in section 3(9)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998")

BY THE LORD ROGAN
THE LORD LAIRD
THE LORD MOLYNEAUX OF KILLEAD

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Page 49, line 28, leave out sub-paragraphs (1) to (4)

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Page 49, line 42, leave out from ("not") to end of line and insert ("cause an inquiry to be held")

("( ) The Board, or the council with the approval of the Board, shall remove a person from office as a political or independent member of a DPP if satisfied that--

(a) he is not committed to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means;

(b) the political party of which he is a member is linked to an organisation that has failed to begin the decommissioning of arms and explosives in a manner verified by the Commission referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997;

(c) the political party of which he is a member is linked to an organisation that has failed to satisfy any of the four factors set out in section 3(9)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998;

(d) he has at any time been convicted of a scheduled offence under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 or Part VII of the Terrorism Act 2000.")

BY THE LORD ROGAN
THE LORD LAIRD
THE LORD MOLYNEAUX OF KILLEAD

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Page 56, line 1, leave out ("an independent") and insert ("a")

BY THE LORD GLENTORAN
THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY
THE BARONESS SECCOMBE
THE LORD ROGAN

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Page 56, line 11, leave out ("an independent") and insert ("a")

BY THE LORD GLENTORAN
THE LORD COPE OF BERKELEY
THE BARONESS SECCOMBE

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Page 56, line 13, at end insert--

("( ) A person is disqualified from being a political or independent member of a DPP if--

(a) he has at any time been convicted of a scheduled offence under the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1973, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1978, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1991, the Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Act 1996 or Part VII of the Terrorism Act 2000;

(b) the political party of which he is a member is linked to an organisation that has failed to begin the decommissioning of arms and explosives in a manner verified by the Commission referred to in section 7 of the Northern Ireland Arms Decommissioning Act 1997;

(c) the political party of which he is a member is linked to an organisation that has failed to satisfy any of the four factors set out in section 3(9)(a), (b), (c) and (d) of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998;

(d) he is not committed to non-violence and exclusively peaceful and democratic means.")